Dabkus

Cf. polish Dobka, Dobko (SSNO I 484), Dobko ¹, bRuss. Добка ², Russian. Добко ³. These Slavic personal names are short from a longer compound name, most likely from Добеcлав ⁴, similar to, for example, Polish. Stanko (hence our Stañkus) - from Stanisław ⁵. What other connections, let's say, with Lieut. daḃ̀nti „puošti, gražinti“ (LKŽ II 202), dabnùs „puošnus“ ⁶, dabšnùs „idem“ ⁷ or with lit. dabóti „saugoti, žiūrėti su patikimu“ ⁸ can only be conjectured.